United States District Judge William Walls declared a mistrial in the Sen. Bob Menendez bribery and corruption trial on Thursday. The court proceedings and jury deliberation lasted for more than 30 days. “I find that you are unable to reach a verdict and that further deliberations would be futile. And there’s no alternative to declaring a…

Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge is in critical condition after he underwent a cardiac catheterization procedure Thursday morning, according a statement released by a representative. Ridge, 72, a former governor of Pennsylvania, was attending the Republican Governors Association conference at a hotel in Austin, Texas, when he called hotel staff seeking medical assistance, the…

WASHINGTON — Republicans rammed a near $1.5 trillion package overhauling corporate and personal taxes through the House on Thursday, edging President Donald Trump and the GOP toward their first big legislative triumph in a year in which they and their voters expected much more. The near party-line 227-205 vote came as Democrats on the other side…